Haley in new interview says she’s not ‘anti-Trump,’ ahead of Super Tuesday

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said in a roundtable with reporters a few days before Super Tuesday that she is not “anti-Trump.”

Coming off losses in Michigan and his home state of South Carolina, the former U.N. ambassador is focused on the direction of the country and says his party may have a better candidate than former President Trump. he said.

“I’m not anti-Trump,” Haley said Friday. According to USA Today. “This is about the fact that I think America is better than this. And I think the Republican Party is better than this, and I think we can do better than this. ”

She emphasized that her supporters want new leadership, not a rematch between President Trump and President Biden, which is likely to happen in 2020.

“This crowd is not an anti-Trump crowd,” Haley said. “They want someone new. They want something different. They want something hopeful.”

The former South Carolina governor’s focus is more on the direction of the country, even if he can’t become the Republican nominee, and former New Jersey governor Chris Christie, a vocal critic of Trump who has given up on running for president. It stands apart from the Republican Party. last month.

“If I had done that, I would have been Chris Christie,” Haley said. “Chris Christie was anti-Trump. I’m pro-American.”

Haley also said her campaign raised $12 million in February, a significant amount for a candidate who has vowed to remain in the race at least through Super Tuesday, when he will contest elections in multiple states against Trump. It was the amount of Her cash inflow was lower than her income in January, when she raised more than $16 million, a record for her campaign.

“A significant portion of Republicans reject President Trump’s divisive politics and isolationist policies,” Haley spokeswoman Olivia Perez-Cubas said in a statement. “They’re rallying around Nikki Haley’s conservative message, sending small donations with handwritten messages, and showing up in droves as she travels through states on Super Tuesday. Just like Nikki. , they believe America is worth fighting for.”